if you are allergic to animals, you are allergic, end of.
Gee, I believe this is again a time when you are putting your opinion and experiences out as facts that apply to everyone, when in fact they do not. You may be allergic to all animals, but I have a cousin who is allergic to dog dander, and she has a dog that does not have the dander, hence no allergic reaction to it. She cannot be around any other animals with fur, other than those touted as being "hypo-allergenic", but she can be around turtles or fish or snakes, etc, basically anything without fur isn't a problem. Poodles and some other dogs are actually described as hypo-allergenic dogs due to the fact that most folks who have an allergy to pets actually can be around them. Is this 100% of everyone in the world? No. But it is a large enough percentage for the pet world to be able to describe these animals as such. If you change your statement to read "If I'm allergic to animals, I'm allergic, end of." then that would be your personal experience and irrefutible. You may fall into the percentage that cannot be around even these pets, I don't know and would never try to contradict you regarding your experiences, but neither you nor I can speak on behalf of everyone.
I do feel that even in a hectic work environment, around computers and sterile environments, that an aquarium is a nice calming addition. Most doctor's office and dentist's offices use aquariums as a decoration in their lobbies due to the calming affect of watching fish swim around and around... the soothing white noise from the aerators... and have someone who comes in and takes care of cleaning the tanks and such so no employee is expected to do this. The more I thought about this today, the more I believe that an aquarium in my current company would be a big help. We have a high stress environment... must meet production and quality standards every day to keep our job... deal with irrate customers constantly... and an aquarium in our break area I think would be a nice destressing agent. I may have to recommend that to my Director.... hmmmmm......
